Chapter VI: Letter V: Manner in Detail

MANNER IN THE STREET--Upon Meeting a Friend or Acquaintance--
Proper Mode of Salutation--"Drawing" Gloves--Stopping to
Talk--Tact and Ease--Leaving a Companion in the Street--
Manner to Inferiors in the Street--Rule, when meeting a
Gentleman-Acquaintance walking with Ladies whom you do not
know--When you are acquainted with both Ladies and Gentlemen
whom you may meet--Shaking Hands with Ladies in the Street at
Meeting or at Parting--Courteous Phrases--Parting Ceremonies
--Precedence in the Street--Taking the Arm of another Man--
Walking with Ladies--Proper relative Position--Opening Doors,
etc.--When meeting Ladies--Upon being stopped by a Lady--
Manner to a Stranger Lady--When you wish to Speak with
a Lady in the Street--When wishing to join a Lady in her
Promenade--Proper Caution in this respect--Rule respecting
the Recognition of a Lady--An Awkward Third--Considerations
due to Ladies in case of Street-Accidents--Courtesy to
Ladies who are alighting from a Carriage--Custom of offering
the Arm to Ladies in the Street, when ascending Steps, etc.
--On entering Church, etc., with Ladies--As one of a
Travelling-Party, etc.--Gait in walking with elderly Persons
or Ladies generally--Staring at Ladies in Public Places--
Manner to Ladies entering an Opera House, at a Pump-Room,
etc.--Audible Comments upon Strangers, 128

SKETCHES ILLUSTRATIVE OF MANNERS.

THE "CUT" PORTUGUESE.--Newspapers and Coffee--West Point and
a Discussion--A Foreigner's Revenge, 135

The Broken Fan: a Lady's Lament, 136

The "Iron Duke," and Youthful Reminiscences, 137

Unexpected Rencontre--A Stroll and a Compliment--A Gentleman
of the Old School in the Street--A Tribute--A Daughter's
Boast--A Wedding--The Bridal Tour--The Rail-Car--An
Intruder--True Politeness--The Glass of Medical-water--The
Denouement, 137

THE LETTER-BOX.--An Exciting Exclamation--A Group for a
Painter--A Query--Entreaties--An Explanatory Prelude--The
Fruitless Search--The Appeal--A Dialogue--An Admission--
Musical Sounds--A Prosy Inquiry--The Summing up--The Damper
--The Wish of a True Woman--An Insinuation--A Description
drawn from Life--A Valuable Portrait--A Tribute to American
Gentlemen--An Illustration--Stage Politeness to a Lady--
Acted Poetry: the Poetry of Real Life! 141

THE PRISONER OF THE COLLISEUM.--A Moonlight Walk--A Secret
Appeal--The Fair Epicurean--The Recitation--An Apparition
--The Lasso--A Witty Reply--The Guerdon--The Clarion-note--
A Brilliant--Horseback on the Campagnia of Rome--The Pope's
Cortege--A Recognition--A Denouement--A Confession and the
Retort Courteous--A Sudden Transformation--The Beautiful
Arm--Powers' Studio--The Artist's Discovery--An Intimation, 149